A new poll finds more U.S. adults view Israel’s military action in Gaza as excessive than at the beginning of its war with Hamas.

The United States and Israel have sent complaint letters to top United Nations officials contesting their staff's impartiality over the Gaza war, documents showed, as hundreds of them protested outside the global organization's European headquarters on Thursday.

Israel has begun a ground assault to seize what it calls a Hamas stronghold inside Gaza City. A United Nations commission said Israel is committing genocide.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Western Wall in Israel to pray for the Israeli hostages.

Netanyahu has forged ahead with the ground operation despite repeated warnings from allies and adversaries that it would trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza City.

Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has described Gaza as a potential real estate “bonanza” and claimed he was talking to the United States about how to divide up the war-torn enclave.

Israel intensifies its bombardment of Gaza City, levelling 16 buildings, including three towers, and killing dozens.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel’s attack on Hamas operatives in Qatar that